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Four Lakes Amateur Radio Club Membership Meeting
April 15th 2025

Meeting called to order at 19:30 by Steve Ujvarosy, W9GZO.

Motion to approve the minutes as published of the April 2025 meeting by Jeff Fillian, K9UNZ. Seconded by Jim Lattis, K9REO, all in favor.

Treasurers report submitted and read by Sam Ledbetter, KI5POE. Current checking account balance is $6,086.15. Certificate of Deposit is $2,044.14. Fifty six paid members with $1,260 dues collected year to date. Motion to approve the Treasurers Report by Sam Rowe, KN9NG. Seconded by Patrick McCauley, NT9A, all in favor.

Bragging Rights and Call Sign Changes
Jeff Fillian, KC9UNZ, changed his call sign to K9UNZ.
Jeff Fritsche, KE9CQP, upgraded to General.

VE Report for April 2025
Ten volunteer examiners in attendance.
Seven candidates resulting in four new Technician Class licenses, one new General Class license, one upgrade to General Class and one upgrade to Extra Class.

Old Business
The Madison Area Repeater Association Hamfest is on April 26th at the Mandt Community Center in Stoughton and begins at 8AM. Paul Anderson, WB9QVV, reports that the volunteer assignment list is almost finished and will be sent out shortly.

ARRL Field Day Zoom planning meetings will be held on May 6th of 2025.
Zoom invitation links will be sent via the club QST and FD-Ops email lists.

Jeff Fillian, K9UNZ, is looking for volunteers for the Horribly Hilly Hundreds bike ride on June 14th, 2025. Contact him at k9unz@arrl.net if you are able to help.

ARRL Field Day is June 28-29, 2025. FLARC will again be at Badger Prairie County Park in Verona WI. Setup will begin at 8AM with the event beginning at 1PM through 1PM on Sunday. Saturday picnic will be at 5PM.

The August club meeting will be the annual foxhunt.

Circus City ham fest in Baraboo WI is August 23rd, 2025.

Both Bike the Barns and the Badger Challenge are September 23rd, 2025.

Dane County ARES meets on the last Wednesday of every month at the Dane County EOC in Fitchburg, WI.

New Business
Nicholas Lager, KB9SKW, announced that the City of Madison is accepting electronic recycling for no charge, including TVs, at the city drop off sites.

Presentation
Bob Brehm, AK6R, on End Fed Antenna Secrets.

Motion to adjourn at 20:45 by Thomas Murphy, W1NC. Seconded by Seconded by Doug Speer, W5WTX, all in favor.

Members and Guests in attendance
Steve Ujvarosy, W9GZO
Jeff Fritsche, KE9CQP
Mike Rogen, KD9JVC
Dave Horton
Ann Reh, KD9ZUE
Thomas Murphy, W1NC
Jim Lattis, K9REO
Don Cassarini, K2PD
Wil Cox, WA9MCV
Jeff Fillian, K9UNZ
Doug Speer, W9WTX
Nicholas Lager, KB9SKW
Paul Anderson, WB9QVV
Andrew Crivello, KE9CWQ
Joe Senulis, N9TWA
Kevin Graniero, KF9AQ
Richard Manner, KG0XO
Paulette Quick, WB9VHF
Patrick McCauley, NT9A
Sam Rowe, KN9NG
William LaFrance, N9KCE
Bob Brehm, AK6R
Greg Martin, N9AOA
Marshall Alworth, AC9VV
Sam Ledbetter, KI5POE

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Called to order at 19:32. Zoom link was expired and we could not generate a new link on short notice, so sorry to anyone trying to meet us on Zoom tonight.

Review of May Meeting Minutes

Sam KG9NG moved to accept, Matt NM9O seconded. Passed without objection.

Treasurers Report

Checking balance is $8,043.67. Recent transactions include dues received, payments for Field Day food and filing of Annual Report

Guests

KD9ZKI Patrick
Erick, studying for his license

VE Report

There was a VE Session in July, 4 candidates walked away with licenses.

Bragging Rights/Upgrades/Call Sign Changes

Sam KI5POE made all 50 states on FT8

Upcoming Opportunities
  • Central States VHF Society Conference 2024 Cedar Rapids, IA July 25-27, 2024 [https://2024.csvhfs.org/]
  • Dairyland Dare Bike Event Support August 3, 2024 [KC9IFF Luke]
  • Circus City Swapfest Baraboo, WI August 24, 2024
  • Bike the Barns Bike Event Support September 15, 2024 [KC9UNZ Jeff]
  • Badger Challenge Bike Event Support September 22, 2024 [KD9SDK Kyle]
  • Chicago Marathon Event Support Chicago IL October 13, 2024 [WA9CBR Tom]
Old Business

Work on April J-Pole tuning continues. 

ICOM 706 Radio has been found and returned to FLARC inventory

New Business

Continue to seek Secretary and VE Liaison. If you have interest, contact Steve W9GZO

August Fox Hunt - looking for those who want to seek out the fox. Thomas WN1C will be hiding.  Meet August 20, 7pm at the parking lot outside First Business Bank, 401 Charmany Dr, Madison, WI 53719

We are beginning planning for a Holiday Party in December. If you are interested in helping to coordinate, contact Steve W9GZO

Announcements

None

Program for July Meeting - Review of Field Day

Matt NM9O led discussion of several items to consider for next year

Bands: 15, 20, 40, 80 meter on Quad-Plexer, 2, 6 and 10 meter on standalone antennas. Modes: SSB, CW, FT8, FT4

Winter Field Day - January 25 & 26, 2025. 

Adjournment of Meeting

Sam KI5POE moved to Adjourn, Matt NM9O seconded. Adjourned at 20:34

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Program

Rat Pack/K8ZT recording on FT8 and FT4

Business meeting

Called to order by Sam KG9NG at 20:29

No minutes for October Meeting

Treasurer's report

Recent transactions include payments for Class Refreshments and Dues received
Checking Balance is $7182.77
2024 Budget presentation and discussion, return in December for vote.  See the attachment sent to QST for the draft budget and send any comments to Andy AC9CB before the December meeting.

VE Report

All those who came to the most recent regular session passed with a successful exam. 5 Tech, 1 General, 2 Extras.

Ron, K2VB would like to step down as the liaison. We are unique in that we are doing in-person exam sessions versus many VE organizations doing only online exams. It would be good to keep the sessions running.

Field Day Report

Matt is confirming the park reservation for 2024. We are planning to have a picnic.

Technician Class

A Technician Class was held October 21-22. 4 people attended the first day and 3 people on the second day of the class. All 4 people and one additional tested on the Sunday VE session. All of them passed the technician license exam.

Announcements

Lloyd, N9LB fell out of a tree and is working on getting better.

Gary Berliot NG9V had been a president of FLARC in the past is now a silent key.

Peg Haese KB9LIE a previous secretary of FLARC is now a silent key.

Bradford Kleemann, WB9WHI became a Silent Key in September. Kevin Kolpitcke K9EV received his radios and sold one them at the Belvidere Hamfest. He has generously donated $250 to the club in memory of Brad.

Joe Imilkowski W9CWD is a silent key.

Pete Byfield K9VAL is a silent key in the past couple weeks.

Business

Holiday Party - we received no interest of anyone looking to coordinate. The party will be cancelled for 2023. It is not too early to think ahead to 2024

Call for Club Officers. If you are interested in helping to run FLARC, contact the Board. During the December meeting, nominations will be open for vote at the January meeting. We will be looking for President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and 3 Board Members at Large.  If there is not a full set of officers at the next DFI Annual Report filing in mid-2024, the board that remains will look to dissolve the club.

Conclusion

The next FLARC meeting will be December 19th at Space Place and Zoom.

Meeting adjourned at 20:53

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In conjunction with this year's ARRL Field Day, the Four Lakes Amateur Radio Club is hosting a picnic and social on June 24th. Please join us at Badger Prairie County Park in Verona for dinner and say hello to everyone you have not seen for a while. Dinner will be served at 5PM.

Compliments of our great grill master Kevin, KF9AQ, FLARC will be providing the standard fare including hamburgers and brats along with vegetarian offerings and assorted side dishes and soft drinks.

As for deserts, we are asking for a few people to step up and bring a few options. If you are willing, please let me know.

So we have an idea on what to bring, we are asking for a RSVP by June 20th. This is the day of the FLARC June meeting at Badger Prairie Park where we will go over final ARRL Field Day preparations for the weekend. Simply send Nicholas, KB9SKW, an email with your information.

Of course this is ARRL Field Day. All are encouraged to pick up a microphone or key and operate the contest. We will begin setup at 8am, start operating at 1pm and run 24 hours until 1pm on Sunday the 25th with a tear town to follow.

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Called to order at 19:30 by Frederick W9GOC

Minutes
Read by Thomas AC9BJ, no additions or corrections.

Treasurers Report
$4820.70 Balance

Recent Income
$345.00 Dues
$3.00 Donation
$63.00 Holiday Party

Recent Expenses
$6.91 Paypal Fees
$230.00 Park Rental
$45.82 Awards
$10.00 Attic Angel

Guests
Noelia KD9KRR
Noelia's Mom with a Driver's License

Awards
The Wisconsin QSO Party sent Carolyn NQ9A and Steve N9CK a 2nd place certificate for 2018.

VE report
December: 2 general, 5 tech
Next one is January 5th.

Field Day
Winter Field Day is happening on January 26th and 27th.  It's a great opportunity to get on the air.

Classes
March 30-31, 2019 Technician Class
Maybe we can engage the website to solicit interest in a General Class class.

Announcements
Special event station W7Q will be operating from the Quartzite Convention in the last full week of January.  Approximately 300 Hams in RVs operating off-grid in Arizona, surrounded by 7,000 non-Ham RVs.
The Waukesha MidWinter Hamfest is on January 5th in the Waukesha County Expo Center.
Wisconsin QSO Party is in March.
Jefferson Swapfest is in March.

2019 Budget
Club Treasurer Andy AC9CB presented the 2019 budget for approval.
Passed unanimously.

2019 Board Nominations
President: Frederick W9GOC
Vice-President: Thomas AC9BJ
Treasurer: Andy AC9CB
Secretary: Matt NM9O
Board Members At Large: Bob WA9D, Eldon NK9U, Barry K8SD

Buck Night
Noelia KD9KRR - Dwight Eisenhower

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Looking to get into Amateur Radio?  Need help studying for your Technician exam?  Mark off March 30th and 31st, 2019 on your calendar and join us for a Tech Class.  There is no cost for the class, and you will have an opportunity to take the exam after the class on Sunday!  See the Four Lakes Amateur Radio website for full details.

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Fellow FLARCians!

There will not be a general membership meeting this month. Instead we will be
holding the annual foxhunt. Start time is 19:00 at 401 Charmany Ln, the east
end of the First Business Bank building parking lot.
The fox will be on 146.465MHz.

The repeater for this will be the 147.150+ pl 123.0.
We look forward to seeing you there!